Todays Pitch Invasion. City v Swansea

[aguero93:20]

PS.

It's just a pity we never got to Kiev and won the CL. ;-)

Can you imagine doing a pitch invasion after winning the CL. Lol!

And UEFA's reaction.

Banned on the spot, before we got to lift the trophy :)

 

[jrb]

100 pages.

 

[Tanzeylee]

Cool as duck..... ahhh the rampant like being in wilmslow

The fireworks were not great from what I remember

It did seem kinda posh in there for the area ha

 

[BringBackSwales]

That bird who stands at the front of the tunnel with a clip board could collect the tickets, not sure what else she does

Wrestles with platinum plus pitch invaders

 

[Shirley]

PS.

It's just a pity we never got to Kiev and won the CL. ;-)

Can you imagine doing a pitch invasion after winning the CL. Lol!

And UEFA's reaction.

There was an attempt to get on the pitch in Vienna after we won the ECWC in 1970 but it was met with heavy handed police, I think a few made it on the pitch but were quickly dealt with iirc.
Anyone else with a better memory than me?

 

[M18CTID]

Great to see so many Blues so happy and enjoying themselves. No hint of trouble or any goading of rival fans, just the way it should be. And there's more to come, the Brighton game is a cert for the mother of all pitch invasions.

As for the Rags ' small time ' jibes, well the last time I remember them doing similar, it was against us and their intention was to get the game stopped with their riotous behaviour.

Nobody does it like us.

Any United fan calling it small-time is a fucking clueless **** who doesn’t know their own history. 1 week after Oldham’s win at 2nd place Aston Villa handed United the Premier League title in 1993, the Rags played their last game of the season away to Wimbledon at Selhurst Park. The trophy presentation was delayed due to thousands of United fans invading the pitch en masse.

Fast forward 6 years to 1999 and their FA Cup semi-final replay against Arsenal at Villa Park. United won in extra time and loads of them invaded the pitch at the final whistle. In fact, I think a certain well known United hooligan was spotted carrying Giggs or some other fucker on his shoulders in scenes reminiscent of what you’d expect from fans of a minnow club emerging triumphant from an FA Cup giant killing.

 

[Blueside]

It's not a unique tradition though, never has been, never will be. People need to stop fooling themselves with that idea.
Also what's wrong with cheering from the stands and singing to the players? Is it really that different and "cool" to walk around the pitch waving to the cameras? Are we that needy for attention as fans? If it's not for attention then what's the fascination with it? Is it really that much fun?

IMHO its considered to be 'fun' because it is associated with taking a 'liberty' (in football hooligan speak)- the thrill of doing something you shouldn't: its nothing to do with saying thanks to the players etc, that's an after-thought, an excuse for doing it.

The people on the pitch can claim that its a good thing etc but no-one else thinks it is. The club don't want it to happen. The players don't want it to happen. The FA & UEFA don't want it to happen.

Going further, after the Bradford, Heysel and Hillsborough tragedies, football supporters have a duty of care to keep off the pitch - its part of an unwritten contract for no longer being penned in and having fences blighting the games as they did during the 1980s. The clubs took the fences down on the understanding that we'd remember this, we'd appreciate it, and that for our own safety, its better to have direct access to the pitch.

All that has been tossed in the bin for the sake of taking a pointless liberty.

 

[halfmist]

IMHO its considered to be 'fun' because it is associated with taking a 'liberty' (in football hooligan speak)- the thrill of doing something you shouldn't: its nothing to do with saying thanks to the players etc, that's an after-thought, an excuse for doing it.

The people on the pitch can claim that its a good thing etc but no-one else thinks it is. The club don't want it to happen. The players don't want it to happen. The FA & UEFA don't want it to happen.

Going further, after the Bradford, Heysel and Hillsborough tragedies, football supporters have a duty of care to keep off the pitch - its part of an unwritten contract for no longer being penned in and having fences blighting the games as they did during the 1980s. The clubs took the fences down on the understanding that we'd remember this, we'd appreciate it, and that for our own safety, its better to have direct access to the pitch.

All that has been tossed in the bin for the sake of taking a pointless liberty.

Can’t argue with that and I for one don’t want to go back to watching matches through fences. I just hope there are no more in the last two games.

 

[Vicmeldrew666]

People certainly at Hillsborough wanted AND DESPERATELY NEEDED to get ON to the pitch. Heysel was a relic of a stadium waiting for a serious incident and Bradford - how did it pass fire safety standards?
Worst cage ever was Norwich which seemed to be to top of stadium (and was bright yellow undercoat from Johnsons)
Best was at Coventry when some tit lobbed a pie at local dibble and splattered 1. 20 steamed in to arrest the wrong bloke (sinner had wisely moved).

 

[FantasyIreland]

IMHO its considered to be 'fun' because it is associated with taking a 'liberty' (in football hooligan speak)- the thrill of doing something you shouldn't: its nothing to do with saying thanks to the players etc, that's an after-thought, an excuse for doing it.

The people on the pitch can claim that its a good thing etc but no-one else thinks it is. The club don't want it to happen. The players don't want it to happen. The FA & UEFA don't want it to happen.

Going further, after the Bradford, Heysel and Hillsborough tragedies, football supporters have a duty of care to keep off the pitch - its part of an unwritten contract for no longer being penned in and having fences blighting the games as they did during the 1980s. The clubs took the fences down on the understanding that we'd remember this, we'd appreciate it, and that for our own safety, its better to have direct access to the pitch.

All that has been tossed in the bin for the sake of taking a pointless liberty.

Good post.